Answer:
That is the<u> associative property</u>. In addition, it doesn't matter what order you add things in, so you can "associate" any grouping of additions and get the same result:
(a+b)+c = a+(b+c)
Note that this is true for multiplication as well:
(a*b)*c = a*(b*c)
Answer:
(B) 0.0588
Step-by-step explanation:
The probability is calculated as a division between the number of possibilities that satisfy a condition and the number of total possibilities. Then, the probability that the first card is diamonds is:

Because the deck has 52 cards and 13 of them are diamonds.
Then, if the first card was diamonds, the probability that the second card is also diamond is:

Because now, we just have 51 cards and 12 of them are diamonds.
Therefore, the probability that both cards are diamonds is calculated as a multiplication between
and
. This is:

Multiply all the terms by the same value to eliminate fraction denominators
a/9=-4
9 . a/9=9(-4)
The dot means multiplication
Then simplify to simplify cancel the multiplied terms that are in the denominator
a=9 . -4
Multiply the number
9 . -4 =36
And don’t forget to add the negative sign so the answer is
a= -36